Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Matt Feifarek
Hi Ben (and Pylons list). I've been thinking of buying The Definitive Guide to Pylons from Apress, but am realizing that I'd rather read it on-screen (syntax-highlighting, search, cut-n-paste, etc.) BUT, I know that writing books is one of the ways that contributors to Free Software can make a

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Patrick
I am a bit short of cash at the moment but I too would like to donate at some point. It's amazing how much has gotten done without support. I don't work for free and I don't expect others to do so. Pylons is helping me generate income(or will shortly) -patrick Matt Feifarek wrote: Hi Ben

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Thorsten Lockert
You do realize that Apress also sells the book in electronic (PDF) format, which you can search in, cut and paste from and such, right...? Thorsten On Jan 20, 2009, at 10:06 , Matt Feifarek wrote: Hi Ben (and Pylons list). I've been thinking of buying The Definitive Guide to Pylons from

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Matt Feifarek
No, I did not. But anyway, PDF sucks (no color-coding, no download links, hard to read compared to a browser, etc.) I'm hoping for http://pylonsbook.com/ But if Ben's preference is that we should buy the PDF, I might just do that. I'd just rather a more direct approach. But thanks for the tip.

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Thorsten Lockert
My understanding is that the online version at http://pylonsbook.com/ is in the process of being updated to what was released on paper (and in PDF) as well. That said, PDF can certainly have color-coding and clickable links. I forget whether the Pylons book in PDF format does. Thorsten On

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Wyatt Baldwin
Matt Feifarek wrote: Hi Ben (and Pylons list). I've been thinking of buying The Definitive Guide to Pylons from Apress, but am realizing that I'd rather read it on-screen (syntax-highlighting, search, cut-n-paste, etc.) BUT, I know that writing books is one of the ways that

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Wyatt Baldwin
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Thorsten Lockert tlock...@gmail.comwrote: You do realize that Apress also sells the book in electronic (PDF) format, which you can search in, cut and paste from and such, right...? On Jan 20, 10:35 am, Matt Feifarek matt.feifa...@gmail.com wrote: No, I

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Matt Feifarek
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Wyatt Baldwin wyatt.lee.bald...@gmail.comwrote: I haven't seen the PDF, but there's no reason it couldn't have syntax highlighting or download links is there? Does anyone know if it does? The sample-chapter PDF that they have has no code examples, but there's

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Mike Orr
Matt Feifarek wrote: Hi Ben (and Pylons list). I've been thinking of buying The Definitive Guide to Pylons from Apress, but am realizing that I'd rather read it on-screen (syntax-highlighting, search, cut-n-paste, etc.) BUT, I know that writing books is one of the ways that contributors to

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Noah Gift
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Mike Orr sluggos...@gmail.com wrote: Matt Feifarek wrote: Hi Ben (and Pylons list). I've been thinking of buying The Definitive Guide to Pylons from Apress, but am realizing that I'd rather read it on-screen (syntax-highlighting, search, cut-n-paste, etc.)

Re: Book/donation

2009-01-20 Thread Mike Orr
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Noah Gift noah.g...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Mike Orr sluggos...@gmail.com wrote: Noah has been musing about setting up a nonprofit or leveraging a nonprofit (like the PSF) for the purpose of collecting donations to support